Florida Business Entity Search: look up any company in seconds.
A complete 2026 guide to the Florida Business Entity Search on Sunbiz, the Division of Corporations database. Verify a company, check whether your LLC name is available, and read every result field before you form, invest, or sign.
Quick answer: Florida Business Entity Search
What the Florida Business Entity Search does
The Florida Business Entity Search is a free public lookup of every entity registered with the Florida Division of Corporations, run through the Sunbiz portal. It covers active and historical entities and returns basic filing information, document images, and filing history. It is the first check founders, investors, suppliers, and banks make before doing business with a company.
How to run a Florida business search
Follow these steps on the official Sunbiz portal. Searching is free and needs no account or login.
Open the Sunbiz search
Go to search.sunbiz.org, the official Florida Division of Corporations business search page.
Pick your search type
Search by business name, officer, registered agent, trademark, FEI/EIN, document number, or address. Name is the most common.
Test the distinctive words
Search the distinctive words before LLC, Inc., or Corp. Do not stop at the results list, as detail pages hold more.
Open the entity detail page
Click the entity to see its document number, status, registered agent, filing history, and officers.
View the document images
Open the filed PDFs to clarify amendments, conversions, or historical names that the table does not show.
What each result field means
Once you open an entity’s detail page, read the status field first. Florida shows active or inactive. Remember that Active only means a record exists, it does not mean the name is available for you. The detail page also holds document numbers, registered-agent data, annual reports, and filed PDFs.
| Field | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Entity Name | The legal registered name of the business |
| Document Number | The unique number assigned by the Division of Corporations |
| Type | LLC, corporation, LP, or nonprofit |
| Status | Active or inactive |
| Registered Agent | The agent authorized to receive legal documents |
| Officers / Managers | People listed on the most recent annual report |
| Document Images | Filed PDFs of Articles, annual reports, and amendments |
Test the distinctive words before the ending (LLC, Inc., Corp.). An Active result does not mean the name is available, and a no-match result is only a preliminary check. Final acceptance happens through the Division of Corporations filing review. A name reservation is $25 if you need to hold one.
What you can and can’t find in Florida records
Florida records are public and fairly detailed. The annual report lists the LLC’s managers or authorized members, the registered agent, and the business address, all viewable on Sunbiz with document images. Some internal details stay off the record. Here is what is visible and what is not.
🔓 Public on the record
- Company legal name
- Business ID (control number)
- Registered agent name & address
- Entity type & status
- Formation date & filing history
🔒 Never disclosed
- Operating Agreement
- Ownership percentages
- Internal financials
- EIN & tax filings
- Private home addresses (unless listed)
Because Florida lists managers or authorized members on the annual report, founders who want more privacy often use a registered agent service rather than their own address. Be Filing provides a registered agent in Florida so your personal address stays off the public filing.
Florida is a fast-growing, no-income-tax state
If you’re researching Florida entities, you may be weighing it for your own company. Here’s what makes Florida a popular, business-friendly state for founders and non-residents.
No state income tax
Florida has no personal state income tax, a major draw for founders.
Fast-growing market
Florida is one of the fastest-growing states with a huge consumer base.
Simple online filing
Sunbiz makes formation and annual reports quick and fully online.
Rich public records
Sunbiz offers document images and deep search, great for due diligence.
No residency rule
You never need to live in or visit Florida to form an LLC there.
Gateway to LatAm
Florida is a natural hub for trade with Latin America and the Caribbean.
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